People are not free to violate law or convention to satisfy their wants and cravings.

Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness.

In Deuteronomy 11, God offers Israel a choice; either a life of productivity and enjoyment made possible by obedience to Him, or a life of difficulty and opposition made necessary by disobedience. The happiness Israel desires can only be theirs by being properly related to Him.

God's commandments not only reflect His holiness, they promote our happiness.

Intimacy with God is to be preferred above material wealth.

Sometimes believers are hampered in their public effectiveness by limitations that are no fault of their own.

Only people of proven character should be placed in positions of spiritual leadership.